Road Layer for the Lower Mekong Basin

Data format: SDE Feature Class

Coordinate system: Indian_1960_UTM_Zone_48N

Location: Server=mekserv3; Service=5153; Database=mrc; User=sde; Version=sde.DEFAULT
Abstract: Road Layer for the Lower Mekong Basin

ISO and ESRI Metadata:
Metadata elements shown with blue text are defined in the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) document 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata. Elements shown with green text are defined by ESRI and will be documented as extentions to the ISO 19115. Elements shown with a green asterisk (*) will be automatically updated by ArcCatalog.
Metadata Information


*Metadata language: English
*Metadata character set: utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


*Last update: 20050831


Metadata contact:
Individual's name: Kunthea Nuon
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS Assistant
Contact's role: publisher


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mrcmekong.org

*Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
*Scope name: dataset


*Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
*Version of the metadata standard: DIS_ESRI1.0


*Metadata identifier: {646169B0-2B01-441D-A09F-5760DB09D9CC}


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Resource Identification Information:


Citation:
Title: Road Layer for the Lower Mekong Basin


Reference date:
Date: 1999
Type of date: creation

*Presentation format: digital map


Party responsible for the resource:
Individual's name: Ulf Hedlund
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS/Database Team Leader
Contact's role: point of contact


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mecmekong.org

Party responsible for the resource:
Individual's name: Penroong Bamrungrach
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS Specialist
Contact's role: publisher


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mrcmekong.org

Party responsible for the resource:
Individual's name: Kunthea Nuon
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS Assistant
Contact's role: publisher


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mrcmekong.org

Themes or categories of the resource: structure


Abstract:
Road Layer for the Lower Mekong Basin

*Dataset language: English


Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: The Mekong River Commission make no warranties about this data and disclaim all responsibility and liability for all expenses, losses, damages and costs which may be incurred as a result of the data being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. The data contained herein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Mekong River Commission concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delineation of its frontiers or boundaries.


Legal constraints:
Access constraints: copyright, license


Use constraints: copyright, license


*Spatial representation type: vector


*Processing environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535


Resource's bounding rectangle:
*Extent type: Full extent in decimal degrees
*Extent contains the resource: Yes
*West longitude: 98.998283
*East longitude: 108.64954
*North latitude: 22.481914
*South latitude: 8.71207

Other extent information:
Geographic extent:
Bounding rectangle:
*Extent type: Full extent in the data's coordinate system
*Extent contains the resource: Yes
*West longitude: -118604.446511
*East longitude: 875662.753489
*North latitude: 2485965.251605
*South latitude: 967546.941605

Point of contact:
Individual's name: Ulf Hedlund
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: GIS/Database Team Leader
Contact's role: point of contact


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
No.184, Unit 18, Fa Ngoum Rd., Ban Sithane Neua
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mecmekong.org

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Spatial Representation - Vector:


*Level of topology for this dataset: geometry only
Geometric objects:
*Name: mrc.SDE.TRAFI_b_road250
*Object type: complexes
*Object count: 9766

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Reference System Information:


Reference system identifier:
*Value: Indian_1960_UTM_Zone_48N


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Data Quality Information:


Scope of quality information:
Level of the data: dataset


Lineage:
Lineage statement:
AREA :		 
IN THE LOWER MEKONG BASIN INCLUDING:
- Cambodia (whole country, incl non-LMB part)
- Laos (whole country, incl non-LMB part)
- Thailand (LMB part)
- Vietnam (LMB part);

SOURCE DATA SET :
ARC/INFO coverage 
					most recent file in coverage
                                             date     time
                 TLCVRONO (not included)     05/11/98 13:03
                 CAMRONO  (not included)     08/12/97 14:14
                 LAORONO  (not included)     04/06/97 11:41;

SOURCE AGENCY :
Mekong River Commission Data sets;

GENERATION :
Dataset was created by MRCS;

STATUS :
Last updated: Compiled and adjusted by Christoph Feldkoetter with data from MRCS (base data) and FCMP
Completion status: 100 %;

COMMENTS :
Original name was 'road', renamed by WSCP and converted to Arc/Info Workstation coverage from ArcView shapefile;


FORMAT : line	

ARC ATTRIBUTE TABBLE (aat) 

ID				 ID number
ROAD_NO          road numbers originally used by MRC, partly modified
1 .. TL59        road numbers
999              road numbers not available (includes railways)

ID_OLD			11 n ID originally used by MRCS TSU, not modified

TYPE             road type
1, 2, 4          national road
5                provincial road
6                railway
9                other road (cart track, footpath)

LOC              location
1                inside LMB
2                outside LMB

COUNTRY          country
1                Cambodia
2                Laos
3                Thailand
4                Vietnam


Additional information
id	11 n linked to road_no (see road.lut)
             11000: ARCs manually added by CF during editing

road_no	 8 c used by MRCS TSU, slightly modified (see dir.log)

color	 3 n used by MRCS TSU, not modified

id_old	11 n ID originally used by MRCS TSU, not modified

type	 3 n according to the 1998 1:1,500,000 japanese
             "Map of the Mekong Basin and its Surroundings"
             1:  Asian Highway, bold
             2:  Asian Highway, narrow
             3:  Expressway (applied in developed areas only)
             4:  Highway (national road and principal road)
             5:  Main Road (provincial road, paved and unpaved)
             6:  Railway
             9:  Other Road (cart track, footpath)
             
loc	 2 n location
             1:  inside LMB
             2:  outside LMB

country  2 n location
             1:  cam
             2:  lao
             3:  tha
             4:  vie

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Distribution Information:


Distributor:
Contact information:
Individual's name: MRC Secretariat
Organization's name: Mekong River Commission
Contact's position: Custodian
Contact's role: distributor


Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +856 21 263 263
Fax: +856 21 263 264

Address:
Delivery point:
P.O. Box 6101
City: Sikhotlabong District, Vientiane
Postal code: 01000
Country: Lao PDR
e-mail address: mrcs@mrcmekong.org

Available format:
*Format name: SDE Feature Class
Format version: ArcGIS 8.3


Ordering process:
Terms and fees: Visit http://www.mrcmekong.org
Instructions:
Visit http://www.mrcmekong.org

Transfer options:
Online source:
*Online location (URL): Server=mekserv3; Service=5153; Database=mrc; User=sde; Version=sde.DEFAULT
*Connection protocol: ArcSDE Connection
Function performed: information
Description: Downloadable Data

Medium of distribution:
Medium name: CD-ROM


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Binary Enclosures:


Thumbnail:
Enclosure type: Picture



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